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abgeFRACKt: Two Worlds, one Groove

Jazzy piano and large orchestra
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4/11

Saturday | 4/11/2026
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

from 25 | 14 €
FLEX fee + 6 €
Reduced prices:
from € 10 for pupils under 18 
from €10 for young people under 30
from 7 € for Dresden-Pass and SB from GdB 80
8 € for last minute
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About the Concert

What happens when classical music meets jazz? George Gershwin achieved exactly that with his "Concerto in F." A concert that sounds like New York in the 1920s: vibrant, pulsating, full of energy. Gershwin, a true jazz prodigy, became an overnight star with his piece "Rhapsody in Blue." But with the "Concerto in F," he proved that he could not only write for the stage and clubs but also for the concert hall. Right from the start, the piano takes the listeners on a rapid run, almost like a wild taxi ride through Manhattan. The music tells of everything that inspired Gershwin: jazz clubs in Harlem, crowds on Broadway, and the pure excitement of a city that never sleeps. It's a bit like a musical adventure: from cheerful melodies that invite you to sway along to emotional passages that go straight to the heart. Gershwin shows that classical music can be anything - cool, captivating, and full of surprises. At our abgeFRACKt concerts, some things are different: the orchestra does not wear tails on stage. Also, no one has to worry about clapping at the wrong time. If you want to learn more about the music, download the free Wolfgang app on your smartphone and receive live explanations of the work during the concert. Afterwards, we invite you to stay and enjoy the abgeFRACKt cocktail (also non-alcoholic), a glass of wine or beer at the "Tutti" café, relax, chat, or look out over the city from the balcony.

Program

John Adams
"The Chairman Dances" from the opera "Nixon in China"

George Gershwin
Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra

Artists

Vasily Petrenko
Conductor
Boris Giltburg
Piano (Artist in Residence)
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Vasily Petrenko

After his training and first engagements in St. Petersburg, Vasily Petrenko began a successful career as an internationally renowned conductor. He has been music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2021, and prior to that was head of the Royal Liverpool Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. His charismatic nature and versatility on the concert and opera stage make him a sought-after artist. In 2024, he launched a new academy for conductors in Armenia.

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Boris Giltburg

Artist in Residence 25/26

Moscow-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is praised worldwide as an extremely sensitive, empathetic and captivating performer, and he appears each season with a wide variety of repertoire. He demonstrates this again in the 2025/26 season, when he – as Artist in Residence of the Dresden Philharmonic – performs a solo recital at the Kulturpalast, as well as four concerts with the orchestra in Dresden and two concerts on tour with works by Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Gershwin.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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